Weather-strip



(No Model.) W. FIELDS & D. D. MAYFIELD.

v WEATHER STRIP. No. 267,858. Patented N07. 21, 1882.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WESLEY FIELDS AND DANIEL D. MAYFIELD, OF ROBINSON, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,858, dated November 21, 1882 v Application filed February 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WESLEY FIELDS and DANIEL D. MAYFIELD, citizens of the-United States, of Robinson, in the county of Crawford and State of Illinois, have, invented a new and valuable Improvement in Weather- Strips; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a sectional view of our improved weatherstrip. Fig. 2 is a side view; Fig. 3, arear View, and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Thisi'nvention has relation to weather-strips; and it consists in the construction and novel provided for the pivot-pins, studs, or screws 5;.

The front wall of the molding is curved, ex- 5 tending outward and downward, and then backward to an edge, h, atits lower end,which forms the front stop of the cap. The rear stops, it, are formed by notches in the lower and rear portions of the end walls, and are a short distance back of the front or edge stop, h.

L represents the swinging strip or weatherpiece, the length of which is equal to thelength of the cap or. molding. It is formed with a semi-cylindrical-shaped head, N, the extent of which is to one side of the plane of the strip, having an angular relation thereto which is nearly equal to a right angle, as shown in the drawings. The length of this head or rounded arrangement of the concave cap or molding,

bearing N is nearly equal to that of the concave recess B of the-cap, so that its end walls, 0, fit within the end walls, 0, of said cap, and are pivoted thereto, as shown in the drawings. At each end of the strip L, at its junction with the head portion, an offset shoulder, m, is formed, which, when the strip is pressed back by the jamb-bearing, engages one of the rear stops, it, of the cap-moldin g. At the same time the rounded front of the head engages the inside or concave wall of the bulging portion of the cap-molding, so that there is little or no strain on the pivots; and as the rounded head stops the opening 2 behind the edge h of the cap, rain, snow, or wind is prevented from entering. When the door is open or in motion the strip is limited in respect toitsup- 6 ward motion by the edge stop h of the cap. Its vibratory play therefore is only suffieient to enable it to pass over the threshold and to find a close bearing outside, and betweenthese limits it is confinedby the stops referred to. 70

The cap and swingingportion of this weather-strip are designed to be made of malleable or'cast iron; but wood or other material may be employed, if found desirable.

A two-part weather-strip, the upper portion 7 5 of which has a rounded cavity in which fits and turns a lower portion having a rounded edge, supported on pintles and controlled by "a spring, is not new, and is not broadly claimed herein. I I

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a weather-strip, the concave cap having the front stop and the rear stops, and the 85 swinging strip, its ofi set-shoulders, and lateral semi-cylindrical head, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence 0 of two witnesses.

WESLEY FIELDS. DANIEL D. MAYJFIELD. Witnesses:

G. W. HOOPER, H. 0. 001.13. 

